Anil Radhakrishna Kumble was born
on the 17th October, 1970 in a Kannada Brahmin Family in Bengaluru,
Karnataka. Kumble has his last name origins from
his ancestral town Kumbla in Kasaragod
district Kerala.
He finished his schooling at
National Public School, Bengaluru and went on to become the Mechanical Engineer
by profession, since his childhood he had immense interest in cricket so at the
age of 13 he joined a club called “Young Cricketers” in Bengaluru, and then
there was no looking back for him, he made his first class debut for Karnataka
state under 19 team in the year 1989 and that became the launching pad for him
and he made his one day international debut against Srilanka at Sharjah in the
year 1990.The Bengaluru Boy is popularly known by the nickname “Jumbo” in
International Cricket Circuit.
It was the day of 7th February,
1990 when India was hosting Pakistan at their home turf for their second test
match at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi, the stage was set and no one knew
that Anil Kumble was in for a chance to create a record winning history and
enter the record books by taking all of the 10 wickets of the Pakistan Team,
& went on to become the second bowler in the cricket history to deliver a magical
spell of 10 wickets in an innings against Pakistan after the great bowler of England
Sir Jim Laker achieved that in 1956
It was not
Pakistani Batsman’s poor batting but it was Kumble’s bowling brilliance that
was the highlight of that innings, to get the entire Pakistan team all out in
that fashion was a big achievement, out of the whole 10 wickets which he took
in that match the special one was of the great left arm opening batsman of all
time Saeed Anwar, Anwar was batting beautifully on a score of 69, that’s when
kumble did the trick he came around the wicket to bowl, the initial few deliveries
were nudged by Anwar but then he bowled an absolute beauty he tossed the bowl
up drove Saeed Anwar into the shot, the ball touched the edge of his bat & was
caught behind by VVS Laxman . It was sheer brilliance and great bowling
technique of Anil Kumble which was on display then.
This feat made
him earn the title of “Cricket’s Son of India” being honoured by the Karnataka
State Government, not only his home state gave him a special recognition in
the KSCA Cricket stadium in Bengaluru by building the separate room of his
achievements in the stadium but the government also gifted him the luxurious
sports car of the K10 number series in the year 1999.
In 2015 this year
Anil Kumble has been inducted in the ICC Hall of Fame as one of the greatest cricketers
of all time.
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